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Vicon MX Hardware System Reference Glossary-19
PAL uses the EBU timecode standard.
Also see CCIR, EBU timecode, LTC, NTSC,
SECAM, Timecode, and VITC.
Pan The rotation of a stationary camera
in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis
(pan left or pan right). Also see Dolly,
Tilt, and Truck.
Parameter links A visual
representation in Vicon application
software of the parameter associations
between specified markers and segments
in a subject.
Parent segment A segment in a
kinematic model that controls attributes
of one or more child segments. A parent
segment also can be the child of other
parent segments. Also see Child
segment.
PECS Pipeline External Communication
Server. A Vicon system software option
for Workstation. PECS enables
Workstation to be used as a Windows
ActiveX automation server. This gives any
application supporting ActiveX technology
direct access to Workstation data and the
processing API, which enables a variety
of client applications, scripts, and
processes to be evaluated in the Vicon
application software pipeline. It offers the
additional capability of providing ActiveX
access for processing of 3D marker data
and analog data within other applications.
Pipeline The feature in Vicon
application software that specifies one or
more operations to be automatically
performed on the data for a specific type
of trial following motion capture. The
pipeline can be run immediately after
capture or on demand against one or
more previously saved trials. The pipeline
includes default operations from the
Vicon application software, any Vicon
plug-in modules, and any user-created
plug-in modules. Also see Trial, Vicon
application software, and Plug-in.
.pipeline file An XML file with
extension .pipeline, which contains
configuration settings for automated
processing pipelines created in the
Pipeline tool pane in Vicon Nexus. Also
see Nexus and Pipeline.
Pixel Picture (pix) element. The
smallest unit of the composition of an
image capture or display device.
Plug-in A data-processing module
which provides additional functionality
directly accessible from the Vicon
application software. A number of plug-in
modules may be provided as system
options with Vicon application software.
Some third-party application software
(such as computer graphics packages)
may provide plug-ins for use with Vicon
application software.
Workstation plug-ins have the file
extension .vpi. Their functionality is
accessed through the pipeline. Users also
can create their own Workstation plug-ins
using the Plug-in Software Development
Kit (SDK). Other Vicon application
software may provide plug-ins with a
different file extension and access
method. Also see Pipeline, Vicon
application software, and Workstation.
Plug-in Gait A Vicon system software
option for Nexus and Polygon. Plug-in
Gait is an enhanced version of the Vicon
Clinical Manager model that enables
users to produce gait analysis reports
that conform to established clinical
practices. Also see Gait analysis, Nexus,
and Polygon.
Plug-in Modeler A Vicon system
software option that enables
BodyLanguage models to be inserted into
Workstation as pipeline processing
operations. Also see BodyBuilder,
BodyLanguage, Pipeline, and
Workstation.
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